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Month: June 2023

Business 

European Commission proposes new withholding tax procedures

June 19, 2023June 19, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff

The European Commission (EC) said on June 19 that it was proposing new rules to make withholding tax procedures in

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria: Rain does not deter many thousands turning out for 2023 Sofia Pride

June 17, 2023June 17, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff

Constant rain drenching Bulgaria’s capital city on June 17 did not deter many thousands turning out for the 2023 Sofia

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Bulgaria 

Latest bid to sabotage Sofia Pride: Banners with fake messages

June 17, 2023June 17, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia Pride

In the latest bid to sabotage the 2023 Sofia Pride, hand-lettered banners with fake messages purported to be from the

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Perspectives 

Monument wars: ‘the Russian mother’ vs ‘European values’

June 17, 2023March 3, 2025 Vassilena Dotkova Russia

A series of photographs of provocative modern art from different parts of Europe are being shared on social media, accompanied

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Bulgaria 

Borislav Sarafov appointed Bulgaria’s acting Prosecutor-General

June 16, 2023June 16, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff judiciary

The prosecutors college of Bulgaria’s Supreme Judicial Council voted on June 16 to appoint Borislav Sarafov as acting prosecutor-general, replacing

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Bulgaria 

Experts seriously doubt Kakhovka will result in health risks in Bulgarian Black Sea

June 16, 2023June 16, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

Two experts – a marine ecologist and Bulgaria’s Chief State Health Inspector, an epidemiologist – say that they seriously doubt

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Business 

FDI in Bulgaria in January-April 2023 was 1.85B euro

June 16, 2023June 16, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Foreign direct investment in Bulgaria in the first four months of the year stood at 1.85 billion euro, the equivalent

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria issues weather warnings for June 17 over forecast thunderstorms, heavy rains

June 16, 2023June 16, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian authorities have issued the Code Orange warning of dangerous weather for seven districts for June 17 because of forecast

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Bulgaria 

Protest ‘Fascism is not patriotism’ held in Bulgaria’s capital Sofia, against Vuzrazhdane and Radev

June 15, 2023June 15, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine, Vuzrazhdane

Rain at the start did not deter several hundred Bulgarians from turning out for a protest themed “Bulgaria in the

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